On June 28, Avex unveiled a new campaign surrounding Hiroshi Kitadani’s iconic One Piece opening theme.

To commemorate Episode of East Blue‘s upcoming release, 100 singers will get a chance to record Hiroshi Kitadani’s ‘We Are! for the new world” alongside the man himself. The potential participants can submit their form from June 28 to July 5, 100 of which will be selected by lottery system. The recording session is scheduled for July 17 from 10:00 to 13:00. The song will then be played during the TV special’s airing. All of the participants will be credited in a future release of the song.

Episode of East Blue: Luffy and His Four Crewmates’ Great Adventure will be airing on August 26. Its end credits will feature some of the cover stories that were never animated before. The special will be directed by Takashi Otsuka and the screenplay will be written by Tomohiro Nakayama, who was one of the screenwriters for 3D2Y special. The character designs will be provided by Masayuki Sato, who will also serve as the animation director for the special. Mr. Sato has previously worked as a character designer for Strong World, Film Z, and Film Gold. Since it is a milestone anniversary, Kōnosuke Uda will also contribute to the storyboard. He directed the very first episode of the One Piece anime, and served as Series Director up to 278th episode.

You can support One Piece by supporting its official releases. The anime fans can purchase Funimation’s Collection Treasure Chests, containing episodes 1-299.

The 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th One Piece collection sets come with episodes from 300 to 491. The remaining dubbed episodes up to episode 540 are available on voyage sets with both the English and Japanese audio tracks.

The manga fans can buy VIZ’s One Piece Box Set: East Blue and Baroque Works (volumes 1-23), One Piece Box Set 2: Skypiea and Water Seven (volumes 24-46), and One Piece Box Set 3: Thriller Bark to New World (volumes 47-70).

You can listen to new episodes of The One Piece Podcast right here every Monday, where we review and recap the latest One Piece chapters and anime episodes!

SOURCE: Avex (registration form, campaign), Comic Natalie (via ANN)